Test drive the PC-optimized 'Forza 6: Apex' on May 5th and other top stories.

• Test drive the PC-optimized 'Forza 6: Apex' on May 5th

  

  Last September, Microsoft released Forza Motorsport 6 for PC and Xbox One to feed the ultra-realist gamer's need for meticulously-detailed racing. But back in March, Microsoft announced a re-release of Forza 6 specially crafted to run on Windows 10 (and only Windows 10 -- sorry Xbox One owners). On May 5th, Microsoft will unleash Forza Motorsport 6: Apex's open beta for players to enjoy all summer, with a full release at an undisclosed later date.

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• Lizards share sleep patterns with humans

  

  Image copyright Dr Stephan Junek, Max Planck Institute for Brain Image caption A dozing Australian bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) Lizards share sleep patterns with humans, according to scientists.Until now, it was thought features of human sleep such as rapid eye movements were seen only in mammals and birds.Now, a study of the bearded dragon - a popular pet - suggests these distinctive sleep rhythms emerged hundreds of million of years ago in a d..

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• Google brings IFTTT support to its OnHub routers

  

  Google’s OnHub routers are getting a little bit smarter today with the help of IFTTT, the online tool that allows you to easily connect different online services and platforms. Thanks to this, you can now automatically prioritize traffic from your Apple TV or Xbox when you want to watch a movie for example. To do this, you simply create an IFTTT recipe that gives those devices priority access to your network after they turn on. If you always want your streaming device to have priority access a..

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• Tim Peake to control machine on Earth from International Space Station

  

  Image caption Standing by: The Bridget rover is ready to go into the simulated cave UK astronaut Tim Peake will get to drive a rover on Mars shortly. Or, at least, that is the scenario he is facing in a challenging experiment.In reality, the Briton, currently on the International Space Station, will command a robot to roll around a giant sandpit in Stevenage that simulates the surface of the Red Planet.It is part of a European Space Agency project tha..

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• Twitter gets anti-'Social' in the App Store, bills itself as 'News'

  

  Ole Spata/Corbis Everyone's favourite 140-character micro-blogging platform is quietly setting off on a new course on the vast oceans of the Internet, changing classification in the app store from "Social Networking" to "News."Rather than going up against the likes of Facebook, Skype and Facebook's spin-off app Messenger, the move sees Twitter playing in the big leagues with The New York Times, The Guardian and ..

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